Narrating the entrepreneur

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 273-293

  Johansson, Anders W ^a  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial identities; Methodology; Narrative; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242696304     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242604042379     Document Type: Article

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